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A better comparison to guage the quality and quantity might be Rebel Princess (China) and combined Arthdal Chronicles 1 and 2 (South Korea)! These productions had big budgets and high ratings.

China is also not manufacturing dramas for the Western hemisphere audience. International viewership, exluding Far East Asia, may be negligible. One reason that Netflix and Amazon Prime built up their Asian library, was to entice or expand the Asian/Pacific Islander customer base in their markets. I am writing this in the USA, btw, and I am East Asian heritage.

Too many chiefs in charge, no clear sense of job responsibilites or the big picture! Four producers, four directors, four scriptwriters!

Your comments are very valid.

Very good comments! I started out with a similar response this morning, then changed my mind.

What else is LMX planning? Opening more Pleasure Palaces in the Northwestern borders? Where did Great Aunt Di go, btw? LMX said, "She's back!", and she appeared in one scene only.

So, they made up a villain? Was there another villain in the book who was dropped?

Bad planning, bad communication skills!

When I started this drama, I had no idea I would be watching this drama daily (Sunday to Saturday) for a total of thirty-nine hours, and reading and typing comments on MDL and Dramacool for four to five hours daily. I might have read 80% of the comments on both sites. The drama is in the homestretch. Now, it's Han Ye, Ziyuan, Mingxi against Mo Bei, and the bipolar Emperor back home.

When I started this drama, I had no idea I would be watching this drama daily (Sunday to Saturday) for a total of thirty-nine hours, and reading approximately comments on MDL and Dramacool for four to five hours daily. I might have read 80% of the comments on MDL and dramacool.

I am not surprised. Beginning 70% 📈 End 30% 📉 And a cliff is involved.

Did they have to read the royal manual, "How to make a kid"?

I hope the final episode is not sprinkled with flashbacks and singing. They have been doing this throughout the drama.

Han Ye, Mingxi follow FL like a puppy.

Was that, the lavender/bluish outfits? I noticed it.

😅😅😅 i was also trying to decipher who was HB.

A heart transplant in an ancient costume drama! An amazing feat!

The only thing I find distracting is the constant insertion of one second flashbacks of moments we already watched. We know the character has something or someone on his mind, but we don't need to know this every time.

The music supervisor (...I don't know his official job title) has done a very good job with the BGM placement. It doesn't feel like the editor did it, otherwise the editor might turn up the volume in the wrong places.

Mo Bei should pay for his treachery. Otherwise, Emperor Jing will show that Qin and anyone else can walk over him and his kingdom anytime.

I appreciate that you and others can provide the dimensions of the book that were lost in translation... meaning they disappeared between the book and the drama script.

Writing is very subjective, and I can see where the scriptwriter can go off tangent, to claim ownership of his or her written work. This is job security for them.

I thought it was a brothel at first, but there were male and female patrons. It must be an entertainment community center.